Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17013, Charles Gillman, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Gillman, Charles or Gilman
W. 17013
CONTENTS
Mercy or Macy

June 2 d . 1834 see letter to Wm. K. Taylor - this date - Passed at the Trial  revised under the Act 6 th which 1832 from 1 st March to 4 th Sept 1841 Act passed June 10 th 1842. See let to S. Morton Esq. N. York Mar 28 th 1834
June 20. 1834 transferred to Attica from H. elsewhere 1834 & notice sent to Mr. N. Taylor. N.Y.C. on the 21 See cir. No. . . June 22: 1835- To New York from Attica from 4 March 1835 - July 2: 1835.
See to C. A. Lay Esq Dec. 12. 1840 To same March 17, 1841. To same May 28 th 1841 To same August 27 th 1841 Same Octo. 27 th 1841 Same Novr 18 th 1841 Same Novr 24 th 1841 Same March 7 th 1842 Same March 20 th 1842 Same April 28 th 1842 Same May 3 rd 1842
5 New Ser ts 84. Utica New York * Charles Gillman of New York in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Randolph of the Reg t commanded by Col. Cross — in the New Jersey line for half Term.
* 20,584. scribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 40 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sep. 1833 and to G. C. Verplank New York
Arrears to the 14th of Apr. 23 $ 100— Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo. 12 D 20— $120—
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk, Book 6 . Vol. 1 . Page 38

Charles Gillman Was Born January 22 d , 1759; And Departed this Life -
Marcy Gillman Was Born June 15 th , 1762; And Departed this Life -
The above Persons Were Married December 24 th , 1781;
The Children, ages of the above Parents, viz,
Elizabeth Gillman was Born August 10 th , 1783;
Providence Beauman. Was born June the 5 th , 1785;
Thomas Allward Was born August 13 th 1787;
Martha Coddington Was Borne October 13 th 1789
Charles Gillman Was Born November 1 th , 1791
Marcy Gillman Was Born March 2 d , 1794; And Departed this Life July 5 th , 1796;
Rosannah Harned Was Born May 13 th , 1796;
Jearns Gillman Was Born June 20 th , 1798; &c Wrote By J. C. H., 1799

20 2.50 2.00 10 5 26 16.00 67 10 77 1-00 7 10 16 00 11 00 2.00 4
9-51-8 7-01 0-61-0

New-York- 3857-
3851
Mercy Gilman
widow of Charles Gilman
who died on the 14 July, 1842 of New-York in the State of N. York who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Randolph of the Regt. - commanded by Col. Crew in the New-Jersey line for 12 Months N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of City of New-York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March 1831. 15th July, 1842 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of March '43 and sent to C. A. Lay City of New-York —
to the 1st of March '43 — $25. 11 — Allowance ending Sept: 10 — 00
$45. 11
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 —
Reps: 18m an '43 3 —

Marine Court of the city of New York
In the matter of the application of Charles Gillman, a revolution- ary soldier who applies for a pen- sion from the Government of the United States of America, un- der the act of 7 th June 1832 for Revolutionary Services
State of New York City and County of New York ss:
On this Fifth day of August  October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Ninty two personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Ma- rine Court now sitting Charles Gillman a resident of the city of New York in the County of New York and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 and he saith that he en- tered the service of the United States of Ame- rica in the Revolutionary war under the

under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States of America during the Revolutionary war in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty six as a Volunteer under and in Captain Nathaniel Peter Randolph's company at Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey where deponent continued engaged in active service during almost the whole period of the Revolutionary war in different capacities sometimes engaged in riding express for General Washington some part of the time serving in a volunteer company and sometimes commanding a volunteer company and deponent continued as such volunteer in the service until drafted into Captain Matthew Newman's company of Woodbridge into which deponent entered and served for six months and then again acted as a volunteer during the remainder of the war - deponent further saith that the troops he served with were called Volunteers upon the lines and had no particular Captain except as they were chosen by the troops themselves when called out - that on different occasions deponent served in said Volunteer companies under the command of

Captain Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, Captain Asher Randolph, Captain John Story and sometimes deponent himself has been chosen Captain and commanded a Company - Deponent further saith that during the period of his service as afore- said he was engaged in many different battles & skirmishes with the British Regular troops and with the Refugees having been engaged in one battle at Springfield, in another at Elizabeth Town Farms in another at Elizabeth Town point and in a great variety of skirmishes on the New Jersey lines -
Deponent further saith that the business of an express rider in which deponent was employed as aforesaid required great care and skillfulness and was often attended with great danger de- ponent having frequently been obliged while acting as such express rider to crawl through the en- emies guards and having been frequently pursu- ued with the British upon the lines and once occasion having been wounded with a ball in the face while engaged as such express - deponent further saith that he was also wounded while in the service in the Elbow which cut the cap of his elbow off and could not be cured under the period of two years - Deponent further saith that the Company of Captain Matthew W Macnam at the time deponent served in it for six months as aforesaid was common belonged to the Regiment of which Colonel Samuel Crow was Colonel and one Clarkson Edgar was Major - deponent

further saith that he never received any discharge in writing from the Service - Deponent further saith that he was born in Bridgetown near Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight or fifty nine that there is a record of deponents age in a bible belonging to the family at Woodbridge which former- ly belonged to deponents uncle William Gillman of Woodbridge and which deponent believes is still somewhere in the family though deponent doth not exactly know in whose possession - Depo- nent saith that in the year after the Revolutionary war he removed from Woodbridge where he had resided during the war to Perth Amboy in the State of New Jersey at which last mentioned place depo- nent resided about fourteen years and from thence removed to the city of New York where he hath since resided and where he continues to reside. Deponent further saith that he first entered the Service as a volunteer, that he was afterwards drafted as aforesaid into the Company of Capt. Matthew Freeman and thus again served as a volunteer to the end of the war but never served as a substitute - Deponent further saith that since he has resided in the city of New York he has been in the habit of residing in many different neighbourhoods that he is well acquaint- ed with very many respectable citizens in the

said City and that M c Oliver Jacques Custom House officer James Pamison John Sistrum Constable Grocer, Moses Coddington James B. Pakeley Henry Hovey Esq. Merchant Gentlemen, and Abraham Hotwell are some of the persons who can testify as to the character of deponent for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - And this deponent further saith that, He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of New York -
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 5 th day of Oct. 1832
Charles his T. Killian mark
John Barberie clerk

10322 In the matter of the application of Charles Gillman, a revolution- ary soldier who applies for a pension from the Government of the United States of Ame- rica under the act of 7 th June 1832. for Revolutionary services

Marine Court of the City of New York
In the Matter of the application of Charles Gillman a Revolutionary Soldier who applies for a pension from the Government of the United States of America under the Act of 9 th June 1832 for Revolutionary services
City and County of New York ss: I am the Friend of the City and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he hath been acquainted with the above named Charles Gillman for about the period of sixty years that he became acquainted with him at Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey - that deponent knew said Gillman before the commencement of the war but first met said Gillman during the war in Captain Matthew Freeman's Company at Woodbridge in New Jersey in the six months service deponent having before that time himself been in Captain De Peys- ters Company in the City of New York to which place deponent had come from Woodbridge to New York to learn a trade - deponent further saith that while said having returned to Wood- -bridge he served with said Gillman in Capt. Freeman's Company and that said Gillman while in said Freeman's Company was engaged in the battles at Springfield and at Elizabeth Town farms - deponent further saith that he frequently saw said Gillman after this and during the whole of the rest of the war in the monthly service and on the lines - deponent further saith that he hath understood and believes that said Gillman was twice wounded during the war

that he is now paralytic and very feeble and is reputed to be very poor which deponent verily believes deponent further saith saith that said Gillman has always been a high character for truth honesty sobriety & integrity and deponent verily believes the statement of said Gillman hereunto annexed sworn to by him to be true & further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 5 th day of Oct. 1832
Samuel Harriet
John Barker Clerk
State of New York City and County of New York p: We Peter S. Landford a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church that is to say Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Green Street in the City of New York and resi- -ding at No. 65 in Green Street in said City and Abraham Thotwell residing No. 358 Washington Street in said City do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Gillman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declara- -tion and have been so acquainted with him for upwards of forty years past and that we believe him to be about seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides and among

his acquaintances and always has been reported since. We have been acquainted with him as a friend to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 5. October 1833.
P. P. Sanford
John Barberie
Clerk
Abraham Shotwell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Peter P. Sanford who has signed the excess preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the City of New York and that Abraham Shotwell who has also signed the same is a resident in the said City and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court
John Barberie Clerk
I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Gillman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at my office this Fifth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two -
John Barberie - Clerk

Additional Declaration in the matter of the Application of Charles Silliman for a Pension under the Act of June, 7. 1832
State of New York ————— City & County of New York } } }
On this eighth day of June in the year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Marine Court of the City of New York now sitting Charles Gillman a resident of the City of New York and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following Additional Declaration, in explanation of the Declaration made before this Court on the fifth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred thirty two, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 June 1832
That he entered as a Volunteer in the Spring of 1776 in the Militia of New Jersey was at the Battles of Springfield & Elizabeth Town Farms & Elizabeth Town Point was out several times in this way but cannot say the exact length of time, suppose it be about Six months - He rode express for General Washington & General Putnam for Six months, commenced in the winter  fall of 1777 + and continued until Spring was not regularly enrolled in this service, General Putnam by the advice of General Washington directed John Mersereau of Woodbridge to pick out his

smart intelligent men for the purpose of riding express and spying out the enemy, and this Deponent was one of the Six thus selected, he was frequently within the enemys lines, and was once wounded in the face by a Musket shot when he went to get a package of Letters by the direction of General Washington within the enemys lines, found his Box Horse, Saddle, & Bridle & wore the common dress of a Countryman in order the more easy to deceive the enemy - In the Spring of
He was then drafted in a Company of Militia and served for Six months commanded by Capt. Freeman Colonel Samuel Brown Regiment General Edgar Brigade, during this term he received pay & Rations and was in several skirmishes with the enemy who came out to plunder the Inhabitants
Entered the Whale Boat service in the Spring of 1781 under the command of Capt. John Story who had a Commission from the State or United States, the duty was to reconitre the enemy take all the Vessels and all the Prisoners they could - took many Prisoners which were regularly exchanged by the American Officer for American Prisoners. Was also under the command of Capt. Marimes, that while under him they took a British Brig and Schooner near Sandy Hook with fifty three prisoners said Prisoners were carried to Egg Harbor and delivered them to Colonel Westcott

A Continental Officer who sent them to Philadelphia where they were exchanged for American Prisoners, this service continued for Two years, during the above time captured a famous Refuge by the name of Hedges together with a quantity of goods he had stolen from the inhabitants. the goods were then restored to the persons from whom he had  they were so stolen horses
Given before me to in Open Court the day & year above written } Charles X Gillman mark John Barbieri
Clerk
The following Interrogatories were put by the Court in pursuance of the directions of the Law
1. Where, and at what year were you born? Answer was born in the year 1759 in the Town of Bridge Town in the State of New Jersey 2. Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it - There was a Record of his age but the Book has fallen in the possession of other persons & cannot now be found 3 Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live - I lived in Woodbridge State of New Jersey - lived in Woodbridge - New York & New York. I now reside in New York 4. How were you called in the service, first as a Volunteer - in the Militia, then volunteered as an

for six months express Riders, then drafted for six months after that volunteered in the Whale Boats.
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers under which you served - Did not serve, under any Continental Officers except as express Rider when he received his directions from General Washington took his Letters, & delivered all Letters from him personally
6 State the names of the Militia Officers - N.Y. Capt. Randolph Capt. Freeman, Major Ross, Colonel Crow & General Clarkson Egan - Whale Boat Captains John Story, & Capt. William Mearns
7 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service - Received a discharge from Captain Freeman but the same is lost -
8. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present place of Residence, who can testify as to your good Character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution Deacon Samuel Harriet. Rev. D. D. Panford, M.A. Ishrael who have signed the original Application also Major General Morton, William Paulding James Palmer, Obadiah Ayres & many others
1841
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court -
Charles his Sillman mark
John Barbou

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that the applicant Charles Gillman is the same person mentioned in the Original application herunto annexed, and that this appears to be, an Additional Declaration explanatory of the one made before this Court of the fifth day of October 1832. And the said Court do further Certify that said Charles Gillman is a resident of the City of New York and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit —
By the Court
John Barberie Clerk
I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains additional proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Gillman for a Pension — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office, this fifth day of June One thousand Eight hundred thirty three.
John Barberie Clerk

10322.
Charles Gillman New York City
d. e. j.
Admitted Private 12 months
Boat service Express service disallowed
G. C. Verplank Esq. New York City

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Charles Gillman.  New York City Newark
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 Nearly all the war Pvt Capt. N. F. Randolph None mentioned None N. Jersey 74 years N. Jersey Witness   No date " 6 " Pvt Capt. Freeborn Col. Brown May. C. Eager Springfield Blightown farms Blightown "   Died at the end of the war " " Died Not stated " "  
1832 74  58
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen Esq.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836,
State of New York
City and County of New York ss-
On this Eleventh day of January eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me Abraham Hatfield, Judge of the New York Common Pleas, Mercy Gillman, a resident of the the said City and County of New York in the State of New York, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836, That she is the widow of Charles Gillman, who was a private, during the Revolutionary War, in the New Jersey, Middlesex County Troops, stationed at Woodbridge, in said Middlesex County, where he then resided, under Captain Freeman, and Fitz Randolph, he was a pensioner of the United States, on the New York City Rolls, at the time of his death, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, that she was married to the said Charles Gillman, before he left the service, by the Rev. Dr. Richards, of Rahway in said Middlesex County.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Charles Gillman, on the twenty fourth day of December, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, that her husband the aforesaid Charles Gillman, died on the fourteenth day of July eighteen hundred and forty two, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Mercy X Gillman
Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written.
Abraham Hatfield
Ald. Edward H. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

I certify that Mrs. Mercy Gillman who has made the foregoing declaration is personally known to me to be the widow of the said Charles Gillman who I also certify died on or about the 11 th of July last her statement is satisfactory evidence to me of the fact that he died on that day, I further certify that Mercy Gillman cannot from bodily infirmity
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
Alfida more Pleas
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Abraham H. S. Taylor - before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Judge Abraham H. S. Taylor thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 13 th day of January 1843
Nat Jarvis Clerk.

I certify that Mrs Mercy Gillman who has made the foregoing declaration is personally known to me to be the widow of the said Charles Gillman who I also certify died on or about the 14 th of July last her statement is satisfactory evidence to me of the fact that he died on that day, I further certify that Mercy Gillman cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court and that she still continues the widow of the said Charles Gillman New York Jan y 11 th , 1843
Abraham Walfeld Judge of Common Pleas

5632
Marcy Gillman N.Y.
act of July 36 aomd 12 mo pre
40$ from after 14 July '42 the day of her husband's death
C.A. Lay New York

New York, January 13, 1843,
Sir
The declaration annexed, of Mrs. Marcy Gillman, widow of Charles Gillman, for a pension, under the act of July 4 1836, has not been made in conformity with your letter, to her under date of the 21 st of July last in consequence of her not being able to appear in Court.
To establish the date of her marriage, I have to refer you to her original family Register, on file in your Office, with her late husband's papers, which papers will also show that her late husband, was in service the year subsequent to the marriage.
The claimant's late husband certainly rendered more than one year's service, but as you say your decision in her late husband's case is an authoritative adjustment of her, appears to settle the question. It however, was proved that he rode Express for the Army, as he alleged, he did, for six or seven months, and the certificate of the Secretary of State, shows that such service was rendered, by the authority of that State, for the reason that the State paid him for such service, which renders such service of the character as is required, to be rendered, by the act of 7. June 1832 and as he was not allowed, a pension for that service, his widow who is very poor, desires that you will examine the papers referred to, in order that she may be allowed, the pension for such service,
I am very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
C A Say
J. S. Edwards Esquire Comm d of Pensions Washington, D. C. -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
W 17013
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Charles Gillman or Gilman , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the S + W claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spg 1776 One Year Pvt. Nathaniel Fitz Randolph A. G. div NJ   S Matthew Freeman Samuel Lewis   Captain Asher Randolph   Rider John Doyne   Wm. Mariner  
Battles engaged in Springfield, Elizabethtown & Skirmishes, was wounded in elbow & cheek
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodbridge N.J.
Date of application for pension, Oct 5 1832. His d. was al
Residence at date of application, New York City
Age at date of application, Jan 22 1759 in Bridgetown N.J. Died July 14 1842
Remarks: Sol mrs Dec 24, 1781 Mary of Mary born June 15 1762 She was allowed pens on her ap. as Jan 11 1842 while living in N.Y. City. Children: Elizabeth b. Aug 10 1783 - Providence Bearnan June 5 1785 - Thomas Allward Aug 13 1787 - Martha Coddington Oct 10 1789 - Elias b. Nov 1 1791 - Marcy b. Mar 2 1794 - d. July 9 1796 - Rosannah Harned May 13 1796 - Francis June 23 1798 and youngest dau Mary a servant as 30 in 1842 - names of her parents not given
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17913
Mercy Gilman
Wid. of
Charles Gilman
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4. 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1 Letters to C. A. Lay, May 20, 42 1 " Pen Agt " " " 1 " C. A. Lay July 21, 42 ✓

New York April 23. 1842
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is the evidence in the case of Charles Gillman. that I understand by your letter of the 11 th of March last. would benefit his case.
Being Respectfully Your Obedt Servt H A Gay
Hon J. L. Edwards Committee of Pension }

Mar 12 1842
New York
Rev. J. L. Edwards
Commis o of Pensions
C. Williams
Washington D.C.
ear the lo of H

New York March 11 th 1842
Sir
Yours of the 5 th ult o , in the case of Charles Gillman has been duly received, by which I understand that his pension is disallowed him on the ground of discrepancies between his original declarations and the statement made by him in March 1841. There is certainly some mistake somewhere. In your letter of May 28 th 1841, you informed me that several examinations of Gillman's papers had been made, and that they did not set forth any service which was not embraced by his papers previously on file . In your late letter you say that the same statement not only conflicts, but, contradicts, the statements in his preceding declarations. Your letter of May 28 th 1841, was the ground upon which his claim for an increase, was continued to be asserted, as he in his statement for that purpose, alleged that he served, near four years and your admission, that his original declaration corroborated or did not conflict with his statements of his service therein set forth was conclusive that further proof only, was required to sustain his claim for an increase, accordingly the proof presented in July last was for that purpose. If that proof was insufficient to sustain his claim for an increase, it certainly does not, justify the department in withholding from him the former allowance. And I have to inform you that, if your statements above referred to, as contained in your letter of May 28 th 1841, was made in error "as the superannuated rate of claimant warrants me in the belief that it was" it has been the cause of much expense to him, he certainly should not be put to further expense, to obtain his previous allowance, but to the contrary" he should be compensated for the loss he has sus

tained," that is if there was an error committed in your letter of May 28 th 1841. I deem it proper to inform you that Charles Gillman is Superannuated, I have been acquainted with him for a long time he is a highly respectable, he is a christian and a patriot, I have accurate information relative to the service of officers under whom he served, from which I know, that he in his additional statement widely misapprehended the date of his service under Captain Freeman and Fitz Randolph, he alleged that his service, under the former capt. of six months was in 1777 or 1778. when the only period of six months service rendered by that officer was in 1780. Charles Gillman the claimant was during that period a private, as has been shown and can now be more fully shown, In relation to the service of the latter Captain, he was not a captain at all until the first of the year of 1781. it appears he rendered no service whatever until the year 1779. when he was Ensign in the Militia and was in the Fall of 1779. taken prisoner and was kept a prisoner during the following Winter in this city. in the Spring he was exchanged, and during that year he was in service as Ensign and Lieut. on the Woodbridge Station. when in the Spring of 1781. he was duly appointed a Captain, and continued in service as such by the authority of the State until Dec. 15. 1782. claimant alleged that he served nine months under that officer in and previous to 1778. when it is conclusive that claimant served that period under that officer in 1781. or 82 as an original receipt is now in existence, and of

which I have a knowledge which he gave the said Capt Randolph when he received from him the balance of pay due him for serving in his company in 1782, since I have understood the date and character of the service rendered by the officers, designated, I called on claimant and questioned him in relation to his service under them officers, from his answers, being so much at variance with his former statements, and from the fact in relation to dates, and from the fact that he had an attack of the Palsy by which he lost his reason altogether for more than two years previous to his first application. It is conclusive that his statements of dates of his respective periods of service is entitled to no credit whatever, but of his having served more than one year in the Militia I am well satisfied, and I likewise believe he is entitled to a pension. His service as a private, as it was rendered under the pay and authority of the state of N. Jersey, It is therefore desired that the department will adjust his claim in as liberal a manner as the rules will admit, and if further evidence is required, I would respectfully desire to be informed, what it is necessary to prove in order that his pension may be restored, or increased as he suffers for the want of such aid.
I am very respectfully your Obt Servt.
W A Gay
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions

May 2. 42
FREE
Rev. J. A. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

City of New York, April 30 th 1842.
Dear Sir,
Yours. of the 28 th inst. in the case of Charles Gillman, has been duly received, I respectfully desire you will, inform me if the affidavits of the Rev d Mr. Lindsey, and of Mr. Selkirk, lately presented, enclosed in my late letter to you in this case, annexed to the deposition of claimants wife, is not sufficient to show the state of claimants mind. I likewise respec- tfully desire to be informed, if the original receipt a copy of which was set forth in my affidavit could be deemed evidence, in this case, and be returned
I am very respectfully your most obed t servant G A Gay
Hon d J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

Oct 9. 1841 Cincinnati
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Attent J. S. Bank.

New York Octo 8 th 1845.
Sir,
I deem it necessary to call your attention to the additional evidence forwarded to your department on the 25 th July last in the case of Charles Gillman, who made an application for an increase of his pension, previous. If that evidence has been received and examined, the undersigned desires your department to state definitely the ground upon which his claim is rejected (if the facts be so that his claim is rejected).
The proposition contained in yours of the 9 th September last, in the case of Rev. Elizabeth Woogloss, is at this time declined, for the reason that I infer from information I have received from the Secretary of N. Jersey that sufficient evidence from his office can be obtained to remove the grounds of the difficulty in her case -
I have the honor to be very Respectfully your Ob d Serv t C A Gay
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. } Com r of Pensions } Washington } D C - }

Dec 12. 1840
Inat
my
Hon. J. E. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

New York Dec r 10 th 1840
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Will you be kind enough to inform me what course must be adopted where a man has not been justly pensioned under the act of June 7 th 1852 he having served between five and six years and he only drew a pension of $40 per annum his application having been made under the act of 7. June 1852 to obtain his full pension which he is entitled to beyond a question and I think the facts of his service can be clearly established The individual's name as above referred to is Charles Gillemann who now resides in New York City and has for a number of years past been in a shocking poor condition subsisting entirely on charity with the exception of his pension as above stated
I remain Respect ly yours ob d &c C A Gay

New York November 22 d 1841.
Sir,
Yours of the 28 th inst in the case of Charles Gillman, referring the undersigned to a letter addressed to him in the same case dated October 27 th 1841. has been received.
The undersigned respectfully desires that, you would inform him to what additional statement of Charles Gillman is referred to, in your letter of the 27 th Octo. last, as he understands that Charles Gillman has made no additional state ment beyond the one referred to in your letter to him of the 28 th May last, in which you stated, that they did not set forth any service which was not embraced by his papers previously on file.
I am very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt G A Gay
Hon G. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington

14. Nov 1841
for 6
Hon. J. S. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

New York Nov. 15 th 1844
Sir
The undersigned respectfully desires that the original pension certificate of Charles Gillman may be returned
I am very respectfully your Obedient Servant C A Lay
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington

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recd Feb 16 1861 Hon. J. L. Edwards Sec. of Pension Charles L. Carroll Washington D.C.

New York February 14 th 1842
Sir
Your late letter of the 27 th November last in the case of Charles Gillman, informing me that your letter of the 18 th inst. had reference to the statement respecting his service, which are furnished by his original declaration, in his supplement for an increase of pension, dated March 4 th 1841, and the communication to the Secretary of New Jersey of July, 7 th 1841, has been duly received.
The foregoing does not furnish an answer to my letter of the 22 nd of November last, desiring to be informed to what additional statement of Charles Gillman your letter of October 27 th 1841, had reference, as you deemed that statement referred to in that letter, a sufficient ground upon which, not only to disallow his claim for an increase, but to disallow him his former allowance, it is very necessary that I should have the information desired, in order that I may furnish an explanation, and you would very much oblige me if you would now furnish me with the information desired in my previous letter November 22 nd 1841.
Very respectfully
Your Obed Servt G A Lay
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions

26. Aug 1841
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esqr Commr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
[Large decorative flourish or signature]

New York August 22 1841,
Sir
I would respectably desire you to inform me, if you require any further testimony, in the case of Charles Gillmon who is an applicant for an increase of his pension; if you should require further evidence to adjust his claim to his satisfaction I would desire you to inform me what kind of evidence you may now require.
I am with much respect Your Ob t Servt
C. A. Lay

4 march '41
Express from Nov 77 to apr 78. X
Soon after (march 78 to oct 78) was hired by — to serve 6 mo Capt. Freeman Nov 78. Capt Asher Randolph 9 months to June 79 -
June 79. in Natl. Randolph 9 in June or July 80 in two enlistments afterwards - Asher " 9. & then two other terms till fall '82
Oct. '32.
Spring 1876. Express for Genl Washington was drafted for 6 mo under Capt Freeman of Woodbridge never served as a substitute & then acted as Volunteer during the remainder of the war upon the Severs - had no particular captain except as they were chosen by the troops themselves when called out - had acted as Captain himself - that on different occasions he served under Capt's Asher & Natl. Fitz Randolph
June 33.
Express as before for 6 mo
" Freeman.
2nd Store of Boats - for 2 years

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 1 st 1842
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Charles Gilman,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

State of New York City and County of New York } ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the said city and county of New York Mary Gillman, a resident of the city and county aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that she is the wife of Charles Gillman, who is asserting his claim for an increase of his pension, the foregoing, annexed original record is the said Charles Gillmans. This deponent is the identical Mary Gillman, named on said records And this deponent further says, that her said husband the said Charles Gillman is now, and has been since since he had a stroke of the Palsy, which was previous to his first application for a pension, much superannuated in both body and mind, which is the just cause of any discrepancy that may exist between his statements of his services during the Revolutionary war, in consequence of the superannuated state of his mind This deponent the said Mary Gillman, acts in the capacity as his guardian, his claim for an increase of his pension This deponent fully sanctions And this deponent further says, that she resided during the Revolutionary in Middlesex County New Jersey principally at Woodbridge that she was well acquainted with the said Gillman during the whole period of the war, but of his military services previous to her marriage to him, she cannot remember any thing specific, but she well remembers that he served, on the Woodbridge Station for specific periods of time, under Capt. Nathl. Fitz Randolph and Capt. Nathan Freeman, And this deponent further says her said husband, was a private, in Capt. Asher G. Randolph Company, Stationed at Woodbridge, previous and at the time of her marriage to him, that he continued in his, Capt. Randolph Company there, Stationed until the Troops, were all finally discharged which

according to the best of her recollection took place the next winter after her marriage to him. according to the best of her recollection he served not less than one year under the said Capt Randolph after her marriage, and not less than four months, previous. That she cannot remember the length of each or any of the respective periods of her said husbands service under the said Capt A. S. Randolph as they were continuous. And this deponent further says that she well remembers that her said husband the said Charles Gillman served in the early periods as before of the war as before, she has often heard him relate the circumstances of many interviews that he had with General Washington during that period of his service.
Mary his Gilman mark
Sworn to before me? this 20 th day April 1842 Abraham H. Walfield Alderman 11 th Ward
City and County of New York, S.S. I, Mary A. Selkirk youngest daughter of the said Charles, and Mary Gillman as aforesaid, do depose and say, that I reside, at 270. Third Street in the said City and County of New York, with the said Charles and Mary Gillman. I am now aged thirty five years, my said father the said Charles Gillman is much superannuated in his mind, in consequence of a stroke of the Palsy and his extreme old age at the time he had the Palsy, which was in November 1829, or 30. He was for more than one year entirely der- anged and from which he has not, again properly recovered his recollection again , which is the just cause of such discrepancies as may exist, between the different statements that he has made, in order to obtain a pension or an increase of his pension, which he is claiming.
Mary his A. Selkirk mark
Sworn to before me this 20 th day April 1842 Abraham H. Walfield Ald- 11 th Ward

City and County of New York S.S. I John Lindsey Pastor of the Methodist E Church in said in said City & County aforesaid do hereby certify that I reside near to Mr Charles Gilman named aforesaid that I am well acquainted with him that he is a member in good standing in the Church of which I am Pastor that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity that he is far advanced in years and is suffering under infirmities which have much impaired his mental powers and he is now very much superannuated in body & mind
Sworn to before me This 20 th day April 1842 Abraham Hatfield Ald n 11 th Ward
John Lindsey Pastor of the said Church
I do hereby certify that the Reverend John Lindsey who has made the above affidavit is a clergyman and that Mrs Mary Selkirk & Mrs Macy Gillman are respectable and Creditable Witnesses they being personally known to me to be such they all living within my neighbourhood
Abraham Hatfield Ald n 11 th Ward
20 th day April 1842
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CER- TIFY, That Abraham Hatfield before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Alderman of the 11 th Ward & a Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Justice thereto subscribed are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 29 day of April 1842
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

5632.
Marcy Gillman
NY
act 4 July '36

July 21. '42
Nyack
L. Gilliam
L. Edwards Esqre Commr. of Pensions Washington
6-

New York July 19 th 1842
Sir,
Therewith is enclosed the declaration of Mrs. Mary Gilliam widow of Charles Gilliam whose claim I presented for an increase. To sustain her application I have to refer you to the proof upon the files in the Dept. I refer you to the records annexed to claimants affidavit to prove the date of the marriage, and to prove that the late husband was in service after the marriage. I have to refer you to my own affidavit which was fully corroborated, by the original receipt the claimant husband and others gave to Capt. J. B. Randolph for the service of 1832. In order to sustain her claim for an increase that her husband claimed I have to refer you to the affidavits on your files, and the certificate of the Secretary of N. Jersey. I hope that a favorable decision may be made in her case, both as regards her claim under the act of 1836, and the claim for arrearages due to her husband as claimant is very poor, entirely dependent on charity.
I am very respectfully your obed Servt G A Gay
J. G. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions }

Mary G Wheeler, on oath testify, as follows, I reside at seventy three Pitt Street, in the City and County New York, I am now aged thirty years I am the grand daughter of Charles Gillman, who has recently instituted a claim for an increase of his pension. At the time he made his first application for a pension, his mind was much deranged by a stroke of Palsy that he had about two years previous, recently, within this two or three years, he has partially again recovered his recollection, It was in the fall of 1830. That he had the stroke of Palsy, by which his mind was entirely deranged, and he has not since been able to attend to any business, his mind continued in a very deranged state, for two, or three years, when his recollection again at short intervals would be partially restored to him, At the time he made his statement, for an increase of his pension, and for some two, or three, years previous, he had no spells of being deranged altho his mind I think, was much superannuated at that time, and is at the present time
Mary G Wheeler
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County. DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Abraham Hasfield Esq before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Justice thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the
17 day of May 1842
Nath Jarvis Clerk.
before me appeared subscribed to the truth And I do id Mrs Mary and credible
Watfield d 11 th Ward

I, Mary G Wheeler, on oath testify, as follows, I reside at seventy three Pitt Street, in the City and County New York, I am now aged thirty years I am the grand daughter of Charles Gillman, who has recently instituted a claim for an increase of his pension. At the time he made his first application for a pension, his mind was much deranged by a stroke of Palsy that he had about two years previous, recently, within this two or three years, he has partially again recovered his recollection, It was in the fall of 1830. That he had the stroke of Palsy, by which his mind was entirely deranged, and he has not since been able to attend to any business, his mind continued in a very deranged state, for two, or three years, when his recollection again at short intervals would be partially restored to him, At the time he made his statement, for an increase of his pension, and for some two, or three years previous, he had no spells of being deranged altho his mind I think, was much superannuated at that time, and is at the present time
Mary G Wheeler
City and County of New York, ss.
This 10 th day of May 1842, before me the subscriber personally appeared Mary G. Wheeler, who subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of her affidavit, aforesaid, And I do further certify. That the said Mrs Mary G. Wheeler, is an intelligent, and credible person
Abraham Watfield Ald-11 th Ward

City and County of New York } ss. Chauncey A Lay of said City being duly sworn deposeth and says that the name of Charles Gillman is legibly and originally subscribed to the following original receipt.
"Received Woodbridge July the seventeenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty four in State Notes, of Asahel G. Randolph each of us whose names is under written the whole of our pay due to us for services in his Company of Jersey State Troops Stationed at Woodbridge in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two."
And this deponent further says, that the name of Charles Gillman appears subscribed, to said original in the following manner,
{ Reuben his Ayers Charles Gillman Michael Doms }
And this deponent further says, that the names  appear on said original appears thereon subscribed as is shown above, which is a true abstract taken from the original thereto subscribed. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Twenty Third day of April
C A Lay
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William D Aiken before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Notary Public in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Notary thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 23 day of April 184 2
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

City and County of New York } ss. Chauncy A Lay of said City being duly sworn deposeth and says that the name of Charles Gillman is legibly and originally subscribed to the following original receipt.
"Received Woodbridge July the seventeenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty four in State Notes, of Asahel G. Randolph each of us whose names is under written the whole of our pay due to us for serving in his Company of Jersey State Troops Stationed at Woodbridge in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two."
And this deponent further says, that the name of Charles Gillman appears subscribed, to said original in the following manner.
{ Reuben his Ayers Charles marks Gillman Michael Doms }
And this deponent further says, that the names  on said original appears thereon subscribed as is shown above, which is a true abstract taken from the names thereunto subscribed.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Twenty third day of April 1842 & I do also certify that the said Chauncy Lay is a respectable person & a credible witness
Ch A Lay
Wm. B. Atkin Notary Public NY

July 27. 1841
N.Y.
Adolf Cha. Gillman
Hon. J. G. Edwards Esq.
Comm ee Pensions
Washington D.C.

New York
July 24 th 1841
Sir
Enclosed are three affidavits of Credible persons and certificates of the Secretary of New Jersey in support of the Claim of Mr Charles Gillman for an increase of his pension under the Act of Congress of the 7 th Jn 1832, which claim was suspended for want of proof.
It is proper here to state that the claimant has by reason of much bodily infirmity and consequent loss of memory set forth some dates in his statements which was before submitted which is in consequence not sustained by the certificate on account of the date particularly in relation to his services under Capt Freeman as is alleged by himself to have been in 1817, which probably was in 1788.
I am very respectfully your obedient servant G. A. Gay
Hon. J. S. Edwards Esq. Comm d Pensions Washington (P. O.)

payment by Council for service as Express no evidence of military service —
vide Let. 28 May '41 to
C. A. Lay —

Statement of the Revolutionary services of Charles Gillman, in the State of New Jersey
No 1.
It is alleged that Charles Gillman entered the service in the Militia of New Jersey by serving as a substitute for a private a term of six months in Capt. M. Freemans Company of six months drafted Militia on the Woodbridge Station attached to the Middlesex Regiment in the latter part of the year 1777.
No. 2
It is alleged that Charles Gillman served six months by the authority of the State of New Jersey as Cooper's rider for the Continental Army in the first of the year 1778.
No. 3
It is alleged that Charles Gillman entered the service again in the fall of 1778 by entering to serve as a volunteer for nine months in Capt. Nathl. Randolph Company of Minute Men called into service by the orders of General Washington in which company it is alleged he served two terms making at least fifteen months actual service.
No 4
It is alleged that Charles Gillman enlisted in the Spring of 1781. and served four tours under Captain Fitz Randolph continuously on the Woodbridge Station in his company of enlisted Militia under himself, and Major Hays from the Spring of 1781. until the first of the Winter of 1782. for the above alleged services Charles Gillman Claims an increase of his pension
Sir
My note herein enclosed will inform you for what purpose the above statement is submitted to you;

State of New Jersey.
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that there is no evidence on record in my Office of the services of Cap t M c Freeman as mentioned in allegation N o . 1. of "Statement of the Revolutionary services of Charles Gillman of the State of New Jersey" — Of Allegation N o . 2. There is no evidence except the annexed abstract from the minutes of the Council of Safety.
Of Allegation N o . 3. The only evidence as far as I have been able to ascertain, in support of this allegation is a record of the services of Cap t Randolph on the files of this Office, during the years mentioned in the statement the first name of the Officer is not mentioned. —
Of Allegation N o . 4. There is evidence on the files of this Office of the services of Cap t . A. Fitz Randolph during the term therein mentioned.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this twenty first day of July A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty one
Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State

Minutes of the New Jersey Council of Safety N o 171 State Library
Members of the Council of Safety.
John Cleves Symmes
William Paterson
Nathaniel Scudder
Theophilus Elmer
Silas Condict
John Hart
John Michelm
Samuel Dick
John Combs
Caleb Camp
Edmund Wetherby
Benjamin Manney
Haddonfield March 18. 1777
Vol. 1
Pursuant to the power and authority given in and by an act of the Council & General Assembly of the State of New Jersey entitled an Act for investing the Governor and Council consisting of twelve, with certain powers therein mentioned for a limited time.
There is contained in the minutes of the said council of safety, the following extract.
N o 7 — Paid C. Gilman — express ————— $ 19. 5. 9

State of New Jersey Mercer County } Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Charles C. Yard Esquire State of Librarian. who being duly affirmed. saith that the foregoing is a true extract from a Book N o . 171. State Library entitled. Minutes of N. J. Council of Safety 1777. P o 78. Affirmed this 23 d day of July A. D. 1841. before me } C. C. Yard Esq. Lib. n Chas. Burroughs }
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do here by certify that Charles Burroughs Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer in said State, duly appointed Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestation and that the signature thereto is in the proper hand writing of the said Charles Burroughs Esq r . In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State this twenty third day of July. A.D. One Thousand eight hundred forty one Charles G. M c Chesney Sec'y of State

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of Peace, Obadiah Ayres and being duly sworn doth depose and say that he now resides in the Town of Rahway in the aforesaid State and County and that he is now aged 80 years and that during the war of the Revolution he resided near Woodbridge in the above aforesaid State and County. And this deponent says he was well acquainted with Charles Gillman who resided near by where he this deponent did during the war of the Revolution. And this deponent further says that he has a personal knowledge of the above named Charles Gillman serving as a private soldier in Captain Weather Freeman's Company of drafted Militia on the Woodbridge Station one term he thinks said term was at least six months, that he cannot now remember the names of the field officers under whom the said Charles Gillman served during the above stated period of service which was in the years of 1777 or 1778 or the said service was in part of the above named years namely the winter of 1777/78. And this deponent has a general knowledge that the above named Charles Gillman continued in the service in the State of New Jersey from the above stated period of time until the close of the war, that he cannot now remember any more of his various and numerous periods of service sufficiently accurately to designate them but the above tower as above stated he does now remember well said Company of Captain Freeman was at that time on duty by themselves not being attached to any Regiment on duty at that time with the Regiment that he was attached to that their Stations were at Woodbridge and he thinks sometimes they were stationed at Elizabeth Town in the State of New Jersey and

County of Middlesex And this deponent says that he knows that the Charles Gillman now hereinbefore named is the is the same person as he has hereinbefore stated as serving under the above named Captain Freeman in the Militia of New Jersey.
Abadiah Ayer
Sworn and subscribed this 29 th of day of June 1861. Before me Benjamin Allen Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify the above deponent to be a credible and respectable Witness Benjamin Allen

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace. James Bloomfield and being duly sworn doth depose and say that he now resides in the Town of Rahway in the above aforesaid State and County and that he is now aged seve- nty nine years. And this deponent says that in the year 1881. The State of New Jersey called a company into service on the Woodbridge Station under Captain A. Fitz Randolph in the latter part of the Spring of 1881. Captain A. Fitz Randolph was at that time Commission- ed as as a Captain. Said Company of Captain Randolph was a company of enlisted men and was attached to the Middlesex Regiment but was not stationed with the Regiment but was stationed at Woodbridge. Said Regi- ment and said Company was called State Troops And this deponent says that he continued and served in said company and was out in all the towns that said Company was out in the years 1881, 1882, and served as a private in said Company under the said Captain in all the towns that the said Captain was out, the length of each respective town he cannot now remember that said company served continuously until the first of the Winter of 1882. And this deponent says that during said service he resided at Woodbridge in the aforesaid State and County and this deponent says that he has a personal knowledge that Charles Gillman who resided nearly where he, this deponent did, served as a fellow soldier with him this deponent in all the towns of service in which he this deponent and the aforesaid Captain was out in said Company of State Troops that the above named Charles Gillman did not leave

The service but was continually in the service under the above named Captain during the whole time and that if any man is entitled to a pension who served under the above named Captain in his company of troops as is heretofore stated it is the above named Charles Gillman. And this deponent says he has a knowledge of the Military service of the above named Charles Gillman prior to the spring of 1781. that he cannot now specify the different towns nor the names of the officer under whom he served but has a general knowledge that he was in the service a long time previous to the time heretofore specified. namely previous to said company and said Middlesex Regiment of State troops being called into service in which he and the said Charles Gillman served as fellow soldiers together in all the different towns and periods in which said company was out in under the above named Captain Randolph that he cannot state the different length of the town but they were for specified lengths of time.
Sworn and Subscribed the 29 th day of Jan A.D. 1841 before me Benjamin Merrill Just of the Peace
James Bloomfield
I hereby certify that the above deponent is a credible and respectable Witness - B. M. Merrill

State of New Jersey } p. County of Middlesex }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid. Phineas Fitz Randolph who being duly sworn doth depose and say That he now resides in the City of Perth Amboy in the County aforesaid. That he is now aged seventy five years That from the year 1776. untill the close of the war he resided at Woodbridge in the County aforesaid. And this deponent says that he is well acquainted with Charles Gillman who now resides in the City of New York that he was well acquainted with the said Charles Gillman in the war of the Revolution when the said Gillman resided at Woodbridge near by where he this deponent did then reside and this deponent knows of his own personal knowledge that the said Charles Gillman in whose behalf he now makes this deposition did serve as a private soldier in the wars of the Revolution deponent has a knowledge that the said Gillman did ride horseback for the Continental Army in the early periods of the war, deponent knows that the above named Charles served a tour under Captain M c Freeman he thinks in year 1777 of six months as a private, deponent knows that the above named Charles Gillman did serve at least fifteen months under Captain Nathaniel Randolph in his Company of Minute men that the above named Charles Gillman served continuously under Captain Asahel Randolph as a private in his Company of six months men term after term continuously during the whole time Capt d A s Randolph was a Captain which was from the Spring of 1781. untill the troops were discharged which was in the first of the winter of 1782. and 83. That said Company was stationed during the whole time in all the towers at Woodbridge, and this deponent knows that the said Charles Gillman did serve continuously in regular organized companies of troops altogether at least four years. That he knows said Gillman

was under Capt. Nathl. T. Randolph at the battle of War- stfield under the said Capt. above and at Elizabethtown in the Spring of 1780 when the above named Captain was killed. And this deponent says that he knows of his own personal knowledge that the above named Charles Gillman endured as much actual service as any man who served in the war of the Revolution. That if any man is entitled to a full pension on account of their Military services, it is the above named Charles Gillman.
Thomas & Fitz Randolph Sworn and subscribed this day of July 1841 Before me, James Harriet Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that the above named Thomas Fitz Randolph who has made the above deposition is personally known to me to be a respectable and credable witness James Harriet
Justice of the Peace Dated this 19. day of July 1841
State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss I Nicholas Boorman clerk of the County aforesaid do certify that Benjamin M. Price Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits of Deborah Ayres and James Bloomfield were taken and James Harriet Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Thomas Fitz Randolph has been taken sworn at the state of the Colony since affirmant Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified and sworn and that their signatures to the several facts and certificates are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County This nineteenth day of July A.D. 1841 Nicholas Boorman

Mar 30 - 1841
Very Hon. Chas. F. Brannan Addressee
S. Edward Eger
Washington D.C.

New York 27 th March 1841
Sir
Enclosed is a Certificate from the Secretary of State of New Jersey relative to the Revolutionary services of Charles Gillman I hope the explanation as is therein stated you will deem satisfac- tory That the pay as set forth in the enclosed certificat accrued to him for his services under Captain Nath l . Randolph for it is understood that the claimant served under the above named Capt in Monmouth Co. at corresponding dates with the Continental and New Jersey under the above named Capt in Middlesex Co. a short time previous to the battle of Elizabeth town and Plainfield which is understood to have taken place about the first June 1780. when the above named Capt was killed -
Very Respectfully your obedient Servant
Genl J S Edwards Esq Commr Pensions Washington D.C.
C A Lay 405 Hudson St New York City

Receipts for Cash paid the second years interest on Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties for Militia Services.
   N o of Vouch. N o of Cert. Date Signed by Payable to Am t Am t Int.   L. S. d. L. S. d.     103 388 June 8. 1784 Thomson Stelle Charles Gillman 1. 9. 2 1. 9  
Receipts for Cash paid the fourth years interest on Notes signed by Commissioners in the several Counties for Militia Services.
   N o of Vouch. N o of Cert. Date Signed by Payable to Am t Am t Int.   L. S. d. L. S. d.     17 527 1 May 1784 Thomas Henderson Charles Gillman 28. 15. 1. 14. 6  
Receipts for Cash paid for the 4 th years interest on Notes given by the Commissioners in the several Counties for Militia Services.
   N o of Vouch. N o of Cert. Date Signed by Payable to Am t Am t Int.   L. S. d. L. S. d.     256 388 June 8. 1784 Thomson Stelle Charles Gillman 1. 9. 2 1. 9  
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true extracts from Books marked "Militia 1 st & 4 th year" headed as above and signed by Thomson Stelle and Thomas Henderson Esquires Commissioners, now remaining in my Office. And I further certify

that Thomson Stelle Esq: was, by the fifth section of an Act passed by the Legislature of New Jersey, Dec. 20. 1783 entitled "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and troops who have been raised for the defence of the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a commissioner for the County of Middlesex, and that Thomas Henderson Esquire, was by the said Act appointed a Commissioner for the County of Monmouth, for the purpose of settling and adjusting the payrolls of the Militia and troops of this State as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State. This twenty sixth day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty one.
Charles F. M c Chesney Sec y of State

New York 8 th March 1841 Hon ble C la Edwards Dear Sir
Enclosed is an application for an increase of Charles Gillmand Pension The applicant is well known in this City and where he formally resided in Woodbridge New Jersey to be an honest man a Patriot and a Christian and I am authorized to state to you in the name of his numerous friends here and in N o Jersey that there is no man more justly entitled to a full pension for services rendered during the war of the Revolution than the Claimant Charles Gillman Your Department never admitted a claim to any person who was more justly entitled to a full pension than the Claimant in this case and I do hope your department will make a favorable report in his case -
Very Respectably your obedient Servant
C A Lay 465 Hudson St New York City -
P.S.
I am told that a copy of Capt A S t Randolphs pay Roll which I have referred to in my application exists in your department

State of New York
City and County of New York Is
(Annebell Woglon) widow of Abraham Woglon being duly sworn doth depose and say that she resides in the City of New York at one hundred and twenty Greenwood Lane and that she is now aged seventy seven years and this deponent says that during the war of the Revolution she resided in Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex in the state of New Jersey and this deponent further says that she was well acquainted with Charles Gillman who likewise resided in Woodbridge in Middlesex County in the state of New Jersey previous and during the war of the Revolution and this de- ponent further says that Charles Gillman as above named entered the service of the United States in the month of November seventeen hundred and seventy seven and was employed during the winter of the year above named in watching the movements of the enemy and reporting such movements to the Continental army then encamped in New Jersey that in the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy eight the Militia and State troops was ordered out to defend the Eastern line of the state of New Jersey which had been left defenseless by the Continental army moving southward and this deponent further says that the above named Charles Gillman did enter the service in the Militia or State troops that was organized in Woodbridge at the time above stated viz 1778 and continued and served in the State troops and

Militia of New Jersey from the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy eight as a private soldier, untill the fall of seventeen hundred and eighty two and that during the above stated period of time he Charles Gillman attended to no civil pursuit but was constantly engaged in the service and this deponent further says that the above named Charles Gillman served in different Companies and under different Captains during the time above specified that his first term of service was under Captain Freeman and his other succeeding terms was ren- dered under Capt. Nathaniel Randolph and Capt. Asker F d Randolph but the number of terms and the length of such terms that he served under each of the above stated Captains she cannot rem- ember but she knows he Charles Gillman did serve under all of the above stated Captains for she has seen him on duty under all of the above stated Captains and this deponent further says that Charles Gillman as above named rendered as much actual service in the state troops and Militia of New Jersey as any man who in the County and this deponent further says she remembers that the above named Charles Gillman was under Capt. Nathaniel Randolph previous and at the battle of Elizabethtown and Plainfield where the above named Nath Randolph was killed and she knows said battle was fought in the summer of 1780 for she remembers seeing the dead and wounded brought past the house where she this deponent resided and this deponent further says that Charles Gillman as above named continued and served in the state troops and Militia untill the fall or winter of seventeen hundred

and Eighty two when the state troops and militia was principally discharged when the Charles Gillman as above named volunteered and served in the Gun Boats under Captain John Storer and Captain Manniner until the close of the war and this deponent further says that she cannot remember the names of many of the field officers that the above named Charles Gillman served under but she remembers his being out on some occasions under Col. Crow and Col. Ogden and Major Potter she says they were out under other field officers the names of which she cannot now recollect and this deponent further says that all of the above stated service of Charles Gillman was rendered in the state of New Jersey principally in the counties of Essex Middlesex and Monmouth
Sworn and subscribed the
2 nd day of March 1841
Ambrose Kirtland
A Justice of the Peace
Annelle Wogdon
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CER- TIFY, That Ambrose Kirtland, Esq. before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Justice thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 4 th day of March 1841
Nathl Jarvis
Clerk.
earby certify to me to sworn to the witness the Peace

and Eighty two when the state troops and militia was principally discharged when the Charles Gillman as above named volunteered and served in the Gun Boats under Captain John Storer and Captain Manniner until the close of the war and this deponent further says that she cannot remember the names of many of the field officers that the above named Charles Gillman served under but she remembered his being out on some occasions under Col. Crow and Col. Ogden and Major Potter she says they were out under other field officers the names of which she cannot now recollect and this deponent further says that all of the above stated service of Charles Gillman was rendered in the state of New Jersey principally in the counties of Essex Middlesex and Monmouth
Sworn and subscribed to
2 nd day of March 1841
Ambrose Kirtland
A Justice of the Peace
Annabella Woyloun
I do hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily shown to me to appear that Annabella Woyloun who has sworn to the above deposition is highly credible as a witness
Ambrose Kirtland
A Justice of the Peace

M c Ch es Gilman 379 Eighth St.

We the subscribers agree to pay the sums against our names for the benefit of Col. Gilman, an old soldier of the Revolution now in his 83 year, who rendered important services during that eventful period which tried mens souls. The recipient of this bounty is known to many in this City, as a man of irreproachable character in all the relations of a Christian, Patriot & an Honest Man
  M rs L. Laing  p d  $10  ~    E. Tredwell  p d  "  4 ~    E. H. Laing  p d  "  5 ~    Cash E. H. Moulton  p d  "  1 ~    H. Munday  p d  "  1 ~    M rs Swift   "  50    M rs B. Martin  p d  "  5 ~    Cash S. Skidmore  p d  "  1 ~    M rs B. Randolph  p d  "  3 ~    J. Ruckell  p d  "  1 ~    Cash R. J. Stuart  p d  "  2 ~    M rs M. Martin  p d  "  1 ~      $  34.50  
M c Col. Gilman
Sir
I have called on a few of my friends & represented your case & they have handed me the above sum of $34 50 / 100 I have not felt myself at liberty to call on those that contributed last spring; consequently the amount is not as large as it was then
Respect ly Yours
New York 28 Nov. 1840
M rs L. Laing

Charles Gilman
Charles Gilman's application for re-transfer.
Atkins
to
N.Y.

State City and County of New York ss: On this 11 th day of June A. D. 1835: before me, a commissioner of Oaths for said City authorized to administer oaths came Charles Gillman with whom I am personally acquainted who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Colonel Cross's Regiment in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York at the City of New York at the rate of Forty Dollars a year. That he was transferred from thence to the Agency at Utica on the 20 th June 1834. That at the time he was so transferred he expected to go and reside at Elmira in the County of Tioga in this State that he was disappointed in his arrangements at Elmira and obliged to return from thence to the City of New York. That he now resides in said City and intends to remain there for the rest of his life with his family, and wishes his pension to be payable there for the future.
Sworn & subscribed to the 11 th day of June 1835. The deponent being unable to write his name makes his mark Before me
Charles Gillman mark
John N. Taylor comm r of Oaths for City of New York

STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of New-York. } ss.
I, THOMAS JEREMIAH , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, THAT John N. Taylor whose name is subscribed to the Annexed Certificate and Deeds, was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner in and for the City and County of New York, Duly qualified in said City, Commissioned and Sworn and duly authorized to execute the same, and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner, and justly believe that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine
on the 11 th a commission -office cause who on his sworn and taken the person of affidavit Shaw
In Testimony whereof, the said Court and County, the
I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of Eleventh day of June 1835 Thos Jeremiah Clerk.
hereby certify John N. Taylor a Commissioner in the above affidavit and that he is a person of veracity. John N. Taylor Court of Common Pleas

State City and County of New York ss: on the 11 th day of June A.D. 1835 before me a commission of Deeds authorized to administer oaths came John Shaw of said City who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with Charles Gillman who has taken the within oath and that he is same person who is described in the forgoing affidavit sworn & subscribed to the 11 th June 1835 Before me
John N. Taylor commissioner of Deeds for City of New York
John Shaw
City & County of New York ss: I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mr. John Shaw who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a person of veracity.
John N. Taylor commissioner of Deeds

June 15. Mr. Prudie
Nicholas Domy
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

New York June 11 th 1835.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir.
Mr Charles Gillman
a y th time pensioner, formerly on roll of the agency of this City & transferred to the Athenae Agency last summer, is desirous of being transferred back to New York, for reasons stated in his affidavit. he says he was disappointed with the county & now wishes to live with his family in this City where he has resided near 50 years.
I enclose his papers
I am Very Respectfully
Yours Affec ly
John N. Taylor

STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
John N Taylor Esq whose name is subscribed to the two Jurats and the Certificate of the aforementioned depositions was on the day of signing the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said City, duly Commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 4 th day of June 1834
Abn Asten
on this 34 before see to take ally ap- in his oath son who belonged any in service same was the State any in place to the re he re, and the Town
of Utica in this State - that his reason for removing from this City to Niag- is that he may reside with his son in Law who lives there.
Sworn & subscribed the said Charles Gillman making his mark, this 25 th day of May 1834 Before me
Charles Gillman mark
John N Taylor Commissioner to take affix for City of New York

State City and County of New York ss: on this Twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1834 before me the subscriber a commissioner to take affidavits &c. for said City personally ap- peared Charles Gillman who in his oath declares that he is the same person who during the Revolutionary war belonged to Captain Grossman's Company in Colonel Crows's Regiment in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York payable at the agency in the City of New York from which place he is now about to remove to the County of Tioga in this State where he intends to reside for the future, and wishes his pension payable for the future at the agency in the Town of Utica in this State - that his reason for removing from this City to Tioga is that he may reside with his son in Law who lives there.
Sworn & subscribed the said Charles Gillman making his mark, this 25 th day of May 1834 Before me.
Charles Gillman mark
John S. Taylor commissioner to take affidavit for City of New York

State City and County of New York ss: On this Twenty Fifth day of May in the year 1834 personally appeared before me the within named Charles Gillman and also John B Martin of the City of New York Merchant, and the said Martin being by me sworn according to law upon his oath said that the said Charles Gillman who has taken the within affidavit is the person described therein & the same person who now appears with him.
Sworn & subscribed this 25 th day of May 1834 Before me.
John B Martin
John N Taylor Commissioner to take affidavits for City of New York
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Martin & that he is a person of veracity.
John N Taylor Commissioner etc.

Statement of Charles Gillman in order to obtain an increase of Pension under the act of Cong ress passed 7 th June 1832.
State of New York
City and County of New York ss
Personally appeared Before the undersigned a justice of the peace residing in the above aforesaid State and County Charles Gillman a resident of the above aforesaid State and County and being duly sworn says that he makes this statement in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated he states his first term or term of service commenced in November Seventeen hundred and seventy seven and he was called into service under the following circumstances viz That the American army was at that time encamped in New Jersey the main body under General Washington at a place called Valley Forge that the above named General Washington expressed a desire that Captain Asher F. Randolph would select four men who had a good knowl- edge of the country along the Eastern line of the State of New Jersey for the purpose of watching the enemy then encamped near the line as above named and Captain Randolph selected him this deponent as one because he Captain Randolph knew that he this deponent had a perfect knowledge of the country and he states that he continued in said service as above named during the whole time the American army was encamped at the places above stated viz until the first of April Seventeen hundred and seventy eight when the American army moved southward that during the above stated time he

was constantly on duty that he did on some occasions go into the enemy's camps to get information of their movements and he further states that he was told at that time if he was taken he would be hung for a spy and he further states that he was fired on an one occasion while passing the outposts of the enemy and received a very severe wound in the left cheek and he further says that during the time above specified he attended to no civil pursuit but was continually employed as above stated
He further states that immediately after the expiration of the last above stated service that a man whose name he cannot now recollect hired him this respondent to serve in his stead as a substitute a private soldier in a company of drafted Militia under Captain Freeman for the term of six months for forty bushels of wheat which term he did serve out and received his forty bushels of wheat as above stated he thinks his term of service expired under the last above stated Capt. in October 1778 That he cannot recollect the names of any of the field officers that he was under during the above stated service under Capt. Freeman
He further states that his next term of service was under Captain Asher F. Randolph that he served under the last above named Captain as a volunteer that his term of service commenced immediately after the expiration of his last term viz the fall of 1778 and he continued and served his term of nine months under the last above named Captain which ended in May or June 1779 as a private soldier. He further states that during the last above named term he was under Col. Crow on some occasions but the most of the time they was on company duty

and was under no field officers he states he cannot now recollect whether they war called state troops or Militia
He further states that immediately after the last above named term of service had expired he volunteered under Capt Nathaniel Randolph and served another term of nine months in the state troops of New Jersey he states he cannot remember when the last above named term expired because he did not leave the company but continued and served under the last above named Captain but he remembers well when the last his first term expired because the most of Captain N o Randolph then volunteered under him again immediately after the first term had expired and he did continue and serve under the last above named Captain until June or July 1780 and he further says that during his two terms of service under Capt N o Randolph he was under different field officers Col Crow and Col Ogden and others whose names he cannot now recollect he further states he was under the last above named Capt N o Randolph at the Battle of Elizabethtown and Plainfield where the a bove named Captain Nathaniel Randolph fell mortally wounded into the arms of him this deponent and died in two or three days after much lamented by all who knew him particular those who had served so long under his command with the death of the last above named Captain terminated our term of service under him and he further states that he knows it was purposely because in the battle above stated the Hessian was hid in the tall grass and we can close on to them before we saw them when they

poored into us a most galling fire and was the occasion of our great loss of Killed and wounded and this deparant states that after about ten day hard fighting that they succeeded in forcing the enemy to retreat out of the state tho he states the battle was very severe about one mile back of Elizobethtown where his Captain was killed as above stated for then the enemy planted their artillery and he further states that his first term of service under Captain N. Randolph was nine months and succeeding term which immediately followed was five or six months when they as above stated lost our Captain in the battle as above stated
And he further states that after the death of the last above named Captain and the battle of Elizobethtown he volunteered again under Captain Asher S. Randolph in the state troops of New Jersey and served under him another term of nine months and after the last term had expired he served two more terms under the same Captain the length of which he cannot now recollect but he says that he continued under the last above named Captain until near the close of the year 1782
and he further says that during the whole of the above stated period of time viz from the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy seven until the fall of seventeen hundred and eighty two he was constantly engaged in the service that he did not attend to any civil pursuit but did serve as above stated and he further states that he may have committed some mistakes in the dates but the length and different periods of service he is sure is correctly stated and he further states

That he he did receive pay for his services but the dates of receiving such pay or the amounts he cannot now remember but thinks he did not receive all the pay he was justly entitled to he remembers that after the war Captain Randolph paid him for three or four terms of service but the amounts as they were paid paid at different times he cannot now recollect
And he further states that immediately after his last term of service had expired under the last above named Capt A. S. Randolph in the State troops and Matitia was principally disbanded when he entered the Gun Boats under Captain John Storer and Captain Manniner and served under the two last above stated Captains until the close of the war he cannot state the length of time he served under the two last above named Captains nor the different periods of time he served under each but thinks it was about one year and he further states that he was again wounded while in the Gun Boat service by a musket ball in the Elbow
And he further says that he made an application for a pension in 1833 and the Commission- ers awarded him forty dollars per annum and his name now only exists on the Agency of New York and he states that this statement is made in order that he may obtain his whole pension from the General Government which he knows he is justly entitled to under the act of the 7 th June 1832 for services in the war of the Revolution as above stated and he further states that all of the above stated service was rendered in the state of New Jersey principally along the eastern line of said state in the

Counties of Essex Middlesex and Monmouth and that he suffered all kinds of hardships and privations beyond the idea of any man at the present day and he further states that he is now Eighty three years of age and his wife is near the same age both entirely destitute he this deponent having had a shock of the palsy which has entirely disabled him from all business and he says that they now subsist on the small pension he draws from the General Government as above stated viz $40.00 per annum and the rest of their living is bestowed by Charity and he further states that he in all cases served as a private soldier and he further states that he resided previous to his services in the war of the Revolution at Woodbridge in Middlesex County in the state of New Jersey and he resided there a short time after the close of the war when he resided in the City of New York and has resided here ever since with the exception of a short time he resided in the City of Utica in the state of New York and he now resides as above stated in the City of New York and his name is now only on the pension Roll of the agency of the state of New York and he further states he has got no documentary evidence in support of his claim
Sworn and subscribed this 4 th day of March 1841 Before N. C. Brewster
Charles Gillman by N. C. Brewster
Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that
I have personally known Charles Gillman for the last twenty five or thirty years and know him to be a man of respectability and veracity and highly creditable and I do believe his statement to which his name is subscribed is beyond any question entit

be to Credit. J. C. Boett Justice of the Peace
State of New York
City and County of New York ss
Chauncy A Lay of the above aforesaid State and County resident at four hundred and sixty five Hudson Street being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Stewart J Randolph the son of Captain Asher J Randolph of Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey and that the above named Stewart J Randolph has now one of his father's pay Rolls now in his possession made in his father's own hand writing who is now deceased and this deponent further says the following is a correct copy of the heading of the above named Roll
Received Woodbridge July the seventeenth one thousand seven hundred and Eighty four in state notes of Asher J Randolph each of us whose names is under written the whole of our pay due to us for serving in his Company of Jersey State troops stationed at Woodbridge in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two
and this deponent above named further says that the names of sixteen men then appear under the heading of the above Roll and then stands the following names in fair legible letters as follows
Charles Gillman and this deponent above named says the above

is a true extract of the above named pay roll so far as relates to Charles Gillman and this deponent further says he is well acquainted in Madison County where Charles Gillman formerly resided and it is the universal opinion without any exception that Charles Gillman did serve in the war of the Revolution in the manner as is stated in his arrest statement and this deponent further says that it is the opinion of all the old people that he ever conversed with in respect to the military services of Charles Gillman that it was their opinion that if any man's military services entitled him to a pension it was Charles Gillman and this deponent further says that he was well  is well acquainted with Charles Gillman who has made the arrest statement and knows him to be highly credible as a witness
Chauncy A. Say
Sworn before me this
4th day of March 1841
N. C. Brewster Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Nicholas C. Brewster Esq. before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signatures of said Justice thereunto subscribed are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 4th day of March 1841
Nathl Jarvis Clerk.

is a true extract of the above named pay roll so far as relates to Charles Gillman and this dep- onant further says he is well acquainted in Middlesex County where Charles Gillman formerly resided and it is the universal opinion with- out any exception that Charles Gillman did serve in the war of the Revolution in the manner as is stated in his annexed statement and this deponent further says that it is the opinion of all the old people that he ever conversed with in respect to the military services of Charles Gillman that it was their opinion that if any man's military services entitled him to a pension it was Charles Gillman and this deponent further says that he has been  is well acquainted with Charles Gillman who has made the annexed statement and knows him to be highly credible as a witness
Chauncy A. Say
Sworn before me this
4 th day of March 1841.
J. C. Brevett Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that it has been made satisfacto- rily to appear to me that the above deponent Chauncy A. Say who has sworn to the above deposition is a person of respectability and highly credible as a witness
J. C. Brevett
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex. ss.
I. Ichabod Potter Judg of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Charles Gillman formerly a resident of the aforesaid State and County is personally known to me and it is my opinion and the opinion of this neighborhood that the military services of the above named Charles Gillman during the war of the Revolution was of sufficient length to entitle him to a full Pension under the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 and I do further certify that I have hear many circumstances related by many aged people residing here relating to the military services of Charles Gillman during the war of the revolution in the State troops and Militia of New Jersey and I believe him entitled to a full pension
Woodbridge March 3 1841
Ichabod Potter

State of New York Mendocino County } To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting: Whereas, I, Nicholas Bortalam, clerk of the Court of Mendocino aforesaid and of the Court of common pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Ichabod Patten Esquire who made the within transcript was at the time of the making thereof a Judge of said court duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the sixth day of March A.D. 1841 N Bortalam clerk

Charles Gillman applies to be transferred to Utica, from New York City.
Mar. 29. 1834
Chas Gillman for transfer
J. N. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Mr. Mearns,

New York May 25 th 1834
Sir.
Charles Gillman a Revolutionary pensioner now on the books of the New York City agency, & about removing to the western part of the State is desirous of being transferred to the agency at Utica - as a more convenient place for him to draw his pension in future.
Yours Obedt Servt Wm S. Taylor
J. L. Edwards Esq re

3.33- 1.66- 12 5.11 20-
May 20. 1842
New York
Charles Green
Commr of Pensions
Hon J. S. Edwards
Washington D.C.

New York May 1842
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of Mr. Wheeler and an original receipt, which is submitted as evidence in the case of Charles Lilliman
I have pledged myself to return the receipt, unless to its owner, Capt. Randolph San. in consequence of which I respectfully desire that it may be returned to me again after it has been examined
I am very respectfully your most obed Servt B A Gay
Hon G. L. Edwards Bureau of Pensions

Rev W
Woodbridge, N.J.
April 9th, 1923.
The Pension Bureau. Revolutionary Dept. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Under date of Feb'y 20th 1923 I wrote you as follows:
"Samuel Harriot, of Woodbridge township, New Jersey, pension $ 44409, died August 6, 1841; on March 7th, 1841 Charles Gilman resident of New York stated he was acquainted with Samuel Harriot and that he served in same company as he did. On June 2d. 1834 Charles Gilman (who stated he had lived 38 years in N.Y.) also stated that he was drafted with Samuel Harriot as militia- men at Woodbridge in the year 1778, in company commanded by Capt. Matthew Fullman."
Do you have a record of Charles

Gilman having received a pension? or "his widow having received a pension"
To the above enquiry I have not to date received a reply. I cannot think my letter has gone astray but rather think it has been over- looked.
My enquiry is not made out of idle curiosity, I am compiling records of the Par. soldiers of Woodbridge families and am anxious to gather all the facts possible.
Kindly let me know the fee for an abstract of the record of Charles Gilman's pension if he received one. He may have received it in New York State & not in New Jersey. There were two Charles Gilmans I think.
A reply will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly,
F. Worth Gardner.
1927 Freeman street.

G. not no other
Mt. Vernon. N.Y. June 15 th 1894.
Dear Sir,
Can you inform me whether Charles Gilman who was one of Washington's Body Guard, in the war of the Revolution, was a Pensioner at the time of his death, which occurred somewhere about 1840.
By giving me the desired information you will greatly oblige
Yours respectfully
Melville Kelsey, 444. South 4 th Ave Mount Vernon. N.Y.